Latest Answers http://www.askyourlawmaker.org/answers/latest/673/%2A/%2A/%2A a view of answers sorted by date en We aren’t doing enough to incent nuclear energy and there’s two major road blocks to nuclear energy. One’s just the high cost. It takes several, I think 5 billion dollars to build a new plant, whereas it’s a third of that to build a coal plant. So the government has to step up and provide some kind of grant or loan fund to be able to offset some of the costs. The second thing is a big thing, and that’s what do we do with the waste. And we can’t get Yucca Mountain through the Senate. So even if we came up with a grant or loan fund they still don’t have anyplace to store it. And being able to recycle the rods, we can do that to some extent now but you still have to deal with the totally spent rod. So until we resolve the waste issue you’re going to have very few people that are going to put up the cash to build a nuclear plant. http://www.askyourlawmaker.org/answers/we-aren%E2%80%99t-doing-enough-incent-nuclear-energy-and-there%E2%80%99s-two-major-road-blocks-nuclear-energ Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:13:13 -0500 Todd Zwillich 1251 at http://www.askyourlawmaker.org The discussion about whether we hit peak oil I think drives some of the discussion about whether or how quickly we move away from oil as the major use of our energy. It’s kind of like global warming was a few years ago. People talk about peak oil, but there’s no evidence that we’ve hit peak oil, some people think it’s right now. So it’s part of their discussions. I think we’re going to hit peak oil soon and I’d rather have our plan in place to move away from fossil fuels to energize our economy and transportation, as opposed to waiting until you hit peak oil and then all the sudden your back’s against the wall. http://www.askyourlawmaker.org/answers/discussion-about-whether-we-hit-peak-oil-i-think-drives-some-discussion-about-whether-or-how Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:13:08 -0500 Todd Zwillich 1249 at http://www.askyourlawmaker.org